Chapter 835: The Whole Army Is Annihilated
"Attack!"
At the same time that the body of Marshal Sallolev, the commander of the Tsarist Russian army, fell, Ji Feng also ordered the Ming army to take the opportunity to take the initiative to attack. net
Except for the artillery battalion and the 5,000 soldiers guarding the war horses, the remaining 15,000 Ming soldiers all rushed forward with guns.
Many Ming soldiers caught up with them with playful smiles on their faces.
According to past experience, to this extent, they can confirm that the Tsarist army is about to collapse.
"Bang Bang Bang" The Ming soldiers with rifles rushed up more than a dozen steps and stopped to shoot, and after firing, they rushed forward and quickly loaded the bullets, and then continued to stop and shoot.
The same was true of the Ming soldiers carrying machine guns.
Because the new machine gun has been improved, the weight is controlled below 40 catties, and a Ming soldier can hold it. So often one soldier rushes forward with a machine gun, and another soldier follows with a bullet.
The Ming soldiers carrying machine guns were also the same, and after rushing forward for a distance, they put the machine guns on the ground and fired at the Russian soldiers in front.
Even if the distance from the Ming army was more than 300 meters, under such an attack by the Ming army, the Tsarist Russian army would inevitably suffer casualties and heavy casualties.
Such a massacre, coupled with the death of the commander-in-chief, Marshal Salloklev, completely destroyed the will of the Tsarist soldiers.
In their eyes, the Ming army is not a human at all, but a god of death from hell.
"God, we're no match for these Grim Reapers, quick cannon!" Some Russian soldiers cried out in fear.
It's really terrifying, in a short period of time, the Ming army slaughtered a group of Tsarist Russian soldiers at a distance of at least 400 meters, which was a complete massacre, and no Tsarist Russian soldier could rush to the front of the Ming army and kill even a single Ming soldier.
How to fight such a battle, the Tsarist Russian soldiers, but those commanders and generals did not know what they should use to defeat the Ming army, or rather, an enemy like the Ming army was simply invincible.
There were about 210,000 Tsarist Russian troops that collapsed in an instant under the surprise of 15,000 Ming troops, and they all broke and fled backwards.
Defeat is like a mountain!
The vast steppe was full of fledgling Russian soldiers.
With the rout and escape of the Tsarist soldiers, the artillery fire of the Ming artillery battalion also extended the shelling, and the continuous pursuit of the fleeing Tsarist soldiers bombarded the attack, which intensified the fear in the hearts of the collapsed Tsarist soldiers, and the Tsarist soldiers fled faster.
Far away, beyond the battlefield.
While the Tsarist Russian army was slaughtered with heavy casualties and the whole army collapsed, the 20,000 Cossack cavalry who had been cruising outside the battlefield to watch the battle were also stunned.
"Hey, is this the real strength of the Ming army?" Among the several leaders who took the lead, Tuo Haba's eyes widened and he spoke out in horror.
The other leaders were also frightened one by one, no wonder Ji Feng didn't need them to participate in the war, it turned out that Ji Feng was not a big leader, but the 20,000 Ming army under his command did have such strength, relying on the 20,000 Ming army to defeat the 240,000 Tsarist Russian army in just a moment, what kind of record is this.
"It's unimaginable, how can there be such a powerful army in the world, no wonder the Qing army was scared away by them!" The other leader sighed.
"I heard that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was forced to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, it seems that this matter is not false! It's not a shame that the Cossacks were annexed by the Ming Dynasty. Another leader sighed.
From this moment on, they really completely surrendered to Da Ming, and they didn't dare to have any more thoughts of resistance.
After all, even if they wanted to resist, they didn't know how to resist in the face of such a powerful Ming army.
"You don't need to continue to sigh, the Tsarist army has been defeated, it is still important to chase and kill the Tsarist army, now you can no longer have the mind to preserve your strength, for the sake of everyone's respective tribes, go all out to kill the enemy!" Nurse Haba Ling collected his emotions and said loudly.
The tribal leaders all nodded.
"Kill!"
Immediately, 20,000 Cossack cavalry, led by their respective leaders, rode their horses and pounced on the collapsed Tsarist army.
The horses galloped very fast, and in a short time the Cossack cavalry caught up with the fleeing Russian soldiers.
"Poof!" The scimitar swept by, and the head of a Russian soldier flew up.
"Poof! Burst! Poof" More and more Russian soldiers who were caught up were cut and killed, and blood stained the steppe.
In this vast Gobi steppe, there was almost no place to hide, and in such a rout, the Russian army, which was all infantry, had no chance of escaping, because it was impossible for them to outrun four legs on two legs in any case.
On the side of the Ming army, after chasing out for a distance, the Ming soldiers also quickly turned back and rode on the war horses they had left behind.
The Ming soldiers who turned back and rode on their horses changed their swords one after another, and went to chase and kill the defeated Tsarist soldiers again.
Since there was no need to guard the war horses, the 3,000 Ming soldiers who originally guarded the war horses were also liberated, except for the 2,000 artillery battalion soldiers who continued to stay in the artillery battalion, a total of 18,000 Ming troops under the personal leadership of Ji Feng rode horses to chase and kill the fleeing Tsarist soldiers.
In the face of 18,000 Ming troops, 20,000 Cossack cavalry, and a total of nearly 40,000 iron cavalry, the defeated Tsarist army was miserable.
The steppes were littered with the corpses of Russian soldiers who had been hacked and killed.
At the time of the collapse, there were 210,000 Tsarist Russian soldiers, but after an hour of pursuit, there were less than 140,000 left, and many Ming soldiers or Cossack cavalry were cut to the ground.
No matter how desperately the defeated Tsarist soldiers ran, there was no way for them to escape in this vast steppe.
Most of the Cossack cavalry and Ming cavalry rushed in front of the crumbling Russian soldiers on their horses, blocking their way to continue their escape.
The Russian soldiers had no way to escape, and in any direction they could not escape the horses of the Cossack cavalry and the Ming cavalry.
More and more Russian soldiers were forced back by the Ming soldiers or Cossack cavalry who rushed to the front.
Like a cat and mouse, the Tsarist army encountered the pursuit of the Ming army or Cossack cavalry in this direction, and immediately turned its head and continued to run in the other direction, but often it was not long before they were driven to the front by the pursuing Ming cavalry or Cossack cavalry.
If some of the Russian soldiers were cornered and gathered together to resist, the Ming cavalry immediately switched back to rifles and fired at them from a distance until they were broken up again.
After such continuous tossing, for two hours, the fleeing Tsarist soldiers were constantly surrounded, and they were not able to escape far after all, and they were exhausted and no longer had the strength to continue to run.
A large number of Tsarist soldiers began to surrender, and more and more Tsarist soldiers surrendered.
In the end, in addition to the corpses lying on the steppe, about 130,000 Tsarist Russian soldiers surrendered to the Ming army, and on the steppe, there were scattered muskets and weapons abandoned by Tsarist soldiers.
A completely asymmetrical battle in numbers, in less than half a day, the 20,000 Ming army won a complete victory.